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iOS Objective-C Basics (Retired) Foundation Framework NSString

Ryan Cocuzzo
Ryan Cocuzzo
1,206 Points
Posted by Ryan Cocuzzo
Ryan Cocuzzo
1,206 Points

NSString *favorite = [color stringByAppendingString: preference];

My last line of code reads as written above and I am unable to detect an error in the code. The error says: make sure to assign the correct value to 'favorite'

1 Answer

Patrick Son
Patrick Son
10,954 Points
Patrick Son
Patrick Son
10,954 Points

You have the variables in the method mixed up. You want to append the string "purple" to the string "My favorite color is", so the method call should be: 

NSString *favorite = [preference stringByAppendingString:color]  ;